LET | The Preutien Crisis

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Ministry of External Affairs
Commonwealth of Cornavia

The Commonwealth joins the Kryobaijani government in expressing its condemnation and most ardent disapproval over the events that have transpired in Sutherland, and calls for the Free Union government to take steps to curtail the prevalence of such wanton acts of violence carried out by its very own police force.

A country claiming to adhere to the principles of the rule of law and civil order ought to carry out serious self-examination in the face of these events, and the law enforcers of the Free Union should recognize that with each such act they become like those against whom they claim to be protecting their own people.

The Free Union's ambassador to Southport-on-Sea is being summoned to explain the actions of his country's police force.

Regards,
Mr. William Fenner,
Ministry of External Affairs

 

[Socialist Commonwealth]

Commissariate for Foreign Affairs

Carentania joins its friends and allies in Kryobaijan in their condemnation of these acts of unprecedented state brutality. These shameless murders and the disgusting display of police state mentality by the so called "Free Union", which dares to defend such heinous crimes, will have lasting consequences for the relations between Warchester and Rijeka.

We furthermore demand the immediate release of all Carentanian citizens detained by the police forces of the Free Union. Any Carentanian citizen is to be granted a return to the Workers' Republic. The Workers' Republic will organize a medical transport to a hospital in the Workers' Republic for any Carentanian citizen hospitalized in these events and we furthermore wish for the extradition of the corpses of any Carentanian killed.

We advise the Free Union not to interfere with these proceedings.

 

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Though we do find it regretable that there was any loss of life included in this most recent example of 'proletarian anarchism' we cannot, and likely never would, find any amount of misjudgement or wrong-doing in the actions of the Sutherland authorities in their quest to preserve the public order. Had this situation been allowed to spiral out of control, there is no way to estimate the damage that might have been done to the prosperity and serenity of Free Union, which is, in the greater scheme of international affairs, far more important than the comfort, and indeed, lives even, of a few misguided 'proletarian agitators.'

The fact that foreign nationals- from nations that have repeatedly expressed intentions to upset the carefully maintained order of nations- were involved in this incident only strengthens our support for the actions taken by the Sutherland Authorities. As our Righteous Imperial Regime has maintained for several months, the conditions that are currently developing around the world are far too similar to those that led to the Great War for comfort. In order to stave off any such conflagration, we shall do all that is within our power to ensure that the aforementioned conditions do not continue to develop.

The Free Union has but to call upon the Empire of Greater Sarmatia, and it shall come- no matter the level of half-hearted rhetoric presented by clueless politicians and self-serving economists in other 'arenas.'


Jego Siła, Książę-Palatyn Samuel Łaszcz
Kanclerz Cersarski, Cesarstwo Wielkosarmatska

 

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Ministry of External Affairs
Commonwealth of Cornavia

The Commonwealth joins the Kryobaijani government in expressing its condemnation and most ardent disapproval over the events that have transpired in Sutherland, and calls for the Free Union government to take steps to curtail the prevalence of such wanton acts of violence carried out by its very own police force.

A country claiming to adhere to the principles of the rule of law and civil order ought to carry out serious self-examination in the face of these events, and the law enforcers of the Free Union should recognize that with each such act they become like those against whom they claim to be protecting their own people.

The Free Union's ambassador to Southport-on-Sea is being summoned to explain the actions of his country's police force.

Regards,
Mr. William Fenner,
Ministry of External Affairs

Commissariate for Foreign Affairs

Carentania joins its friends and allies in Kryobaijan in their condemnation of these acts of unprecedented state brutality. These shameless murders and the disgusting display of police state mentality by the so called "Free Union", which dares to defend such heinous crimes, will have lasting consequences for the relations between Warchester and Rijeka.

We furthermore demand the immediate release of all Carentanian citizens detained by the police forces of the Free Union. Any Carentanian citizen is to be granted a return to the Workers' Republic. The Workers' Republic will organize a medical transport to a hospital in the Workers' Republic for any Carentanian citizen hospitalized in these events and we furthermore wish for the extradition of the corpses of any Carentanian killed.

We advise the Free Union not to interfere with these proceedings.

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Her Majesty's Secretary of State of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois​

It has been placed upon their lordships’ table, the despatch of the Lloyds Evening Telegraph recapitulating the action of the Constabulary within Sutherland with regard to the proletarian anarchy taken place there, which I have also sought to bring address to within the Commons Assembly. Copies of official report from the Constabulary, and the replies to the published despatch from the Carentanian Commissariate for Foreign Affairs, the Cornavian Ministry of External Affairs, and the Kryobaijani Office of Foreign Affairs, as well as to the notice of hostilities which was presented to the Free Union, were also presented.

The first presentation was made to the House of Lords on September 17. It was expressed, notably by the Commonwealth of Cornavia, that the Constabulary should be placed on a more peaceful footing in regard to it’s duty with the least possible delay, however, it is our desire that your governments are to show all possible consideration toward the conduct of order within Sutherland by the Constabulary.

You will be able to form your own judgement on the Sutherland incident, which we will provide no obstacle, but that judgement will be materially assisted by the conclusions of present investigations into the characters responsible for the anarchy experienced in Sutherland. Characters which include those of foreign nationality detailed within the Lloyds Evening Telegraph, and with that, we are gracious for the support of the Carentanian and Kryobaijani Governments in those investigations.

The present view of the Cabinet, is this, should the Constabulary had exercised reserve in establishing order the anarchists and the general public would been left face to face, with the constant probability of a bitter civil conflict. That state of things would have been the very danger to the peace and stability of the Free Union which it has been the constant endeavour of the Cabinet within Woolwich, by our action, to avoid. Next, I have to point out that the interests of the Free Union in this matter are various and important.

On some future occasion I may hope to receive your understanding on this issue.

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Pelham-Holles​

 

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Imperial Ministry of War and Foreign Affairs

The League of Free State is always willing to cooperate with nations that show respect for the values shared by all signatory states, which include respect for national customs, tradition and culture as well as the firm belief in the right to self-determination of all peoples and the opposition to imperialist attacks upon this right.

That being said, the Empire wishes to reassure sceptical elements within the Free Union that this Imperial government will always be willing to talk with those that share our vision of a better tomorrow.

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Though we do find it regretable that there was any loss of life included in this most recent example of 'proletarian anarchism' we cannot, and likely never would, find any amount of misjudgement or wrong-doing in the actions of the Sutherland authorities in their quest to preserve the public order. Had this situation been allowed to spiral out of control, there is no way to estimate the damage that might have been done to the prosperity and serenity of Free Union, which is, in the greater scheme of international affairs, far more important than the comfort, and indeed, lives even, of a few misguided 'proletarian agitators.'

The fact that foreign nationals- from nations that have repeatedly expressed intentions to upset the carefully maintained order of nations- were involved in this incident only strengthens our support for the actions taken by the Sutherland Authorities. As our Righteous Imperial Regime has maintained for several months, the conditions that are currently developing around the world are far too similar to those that led to the Great War for comfort. In order to stave off any such conflagration, we shall do all that is within our power to ensure that the aforementioned conditions do not continue to develop.

The Free Union has but to call upon the Empire of Greater Sarmatia, and it shall come- no matter the level of half-hearted rhetoric presented by clueless politicians and self-serving economists in other 'arenas.'


Jego Siła, Książę-Palatyn Samuel Łaszcz
Kanclerz Cersarski, Cesarstwo Wielkosarmatska

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Her Majesty's Secretary of State of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois​

It has been received with the greatest satisfaction the statements made upon the publishing of despatches to the Lloyds Evening Telegraph.

I have observed, with a warm and increasing interest, the progress in support for the Government in our execution of our duties to provide governance and security to the Free Union, and for your support in the forming interest in strengthened relations.

I welcome the statement of the Imperial Ministry of War and Foreign Affairs. That by the efforts of the League of Free States your undertaking may contribute to the welfare of our peoples, to the common interests of mankind, by encouraging the values held by the signatories of the League of Free States, and the strengthening of bonds among nations of Europe.

It is our sincere hope to see a future of great cooperation with the Empire of Greater Sarmatia, the Empire of Oikawa, and the League of Free States.

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Pelham-Holles​

 

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Das Außenministerium
Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

The Republik of Tyskreich has never shown hostility towards the Free Union of Engellex and Blois and such notions that joining the League of Free States would be a check against an non-existent Tyskreich aggression is a farce. The Republic of Tyskreich has always worked with to the benefit of the Free Union especially in regards to issues such as the cholera outbreak.

If a raising of tariffs is considered warmongering in today's Europe, surely the Germanian League holds a great deal of influence in the policies of your nation.

The inclusion in the League of Free States will be the beginning of hostile relations between our nations and for this we urge the Free Union to consider another solution for any so called issues between us. If necessary the President of Tyskreich is willing to visit the Free Union to discuss relations and foster goodwill between our nations.

Regards,

Ihre Exzellenz Babett Kirchgasser
Her Excellency Babett Kirchgasser,

BABETT KIRCHGASSER​

Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten
Federal Minister for European and International Affairs​

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Her Majesty's Secretary of State of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois​

We hear much of the Republic of Tyskreich’s confrontational rhetoric, but have no evidence even for suspicion to place accusation of ill will toward the Free Union. The gesture to seek resolve to apparent issues lingering between our states is cordially acknowledged, however it is hoped you will appreciate that it is not seen as necessary to facilitate such a meeting, as, what is published within the Lloyd’s Evening Telegraph aims to entice readers, as well as provide international and national news, with somewhat exaggerated information.

There is no alliance or agreement existing between the Free Union and the League of Free States, or any one of its member states. However, in the spirit of remaining honest, the Free Union has keen interest in the development of strengthened relations with Eastern States. The actions and policies of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is simply and solely within the interest of trade, and of course the people, of the Free Union.

It has given great cause of concern that the Republic of Tyskreich believes it necessary to make clear of potential hostile relations in the event that we should find ourselves in association with states that Tyskreich is less inclined toward. It was observed that it was somehow assumed that the Free Union is under the straining influence of regional powers, an assumption which we have come to presume you find most disagreeable, and, if that be the case, does the Republic of Tyskreich not see it’s misjudgement in providing obstacle to a sovereign state fostering positive and independent relations in the East.

If Tyskreich or any other country should find it absolutely necessary to stimulate trouble in order to serve unworthy interests, it will be found that that policy will not be approved by us.

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Pelham-Holles​

 

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LLOYDS EVENING TELEGRAPH​

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CORONATION OF THE QUEEN

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THE CORONATION OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE OF THE FREE UNION OF ENGELLEX & BLOIS

In the great capital of the Engellexic dominions the noble people of the Free Union have made their way, to bear the congratulations of themselves, their family and their community to the new Sovereign of the Free Union of Engellex & Blois, and to swell with their presence the pomp of her installation on the throne.

The Coronation of Charlotte, Duchess of Southwark, postponed thrice for all sorts of reason, most notably the issue of peerage to her brother, was ultimately fixed for Saturday, the 2nd of September, 2010. On the eve of the day appointed a preparatory service was celebrated in every cathedral across the Free Union; and the Ducal family of Southwark attended service at the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace at Woolwich. Every access to this historical tradition of the Sovereigns was thronged with the people, who as long as the prayers lasted, remained bare-headed, attending mentally to the progress of the service, incessantly bowing and making the sign of the cross.

The sun was shining quite brightly today, and enlivened with its vivid rays the splendour of an extraordinary pomp, such as had not been witnessed in Woolwich since the coronation of King Edward II. This pomp, however, was not to be confined to the capital, and the necessity for tickets as had been introduced in Queen Georgiana’s coronation was abolished, although accommodation could only be afforded to some ten or twelve thousand persons. The monotonous tolling of the bells had been heard from break of day, and every minute discharges of artillery shook the city and provoked a salute from the soldiers, who were present in such numbers as to give the impression that the city was in fact a fortress.

From the Royal Palace at Woolwich a grand order of procession was arranged to the cathedral, where the great ceremony of the day was to take place. At ten o’clock the first process, that of the Princess Royal, aunt of the Queen, began to move. With a crown on her brow, and robed in the royal black and gold, the Princess advanced in a magnificent carriage, and went to take her place in the cathedral, where the corpe diplomatique had joined the aristocracy, and the clergy, dressed in their richest apparel. In the second procession were seen the crowns, the sceptre, the orbs, the swords, and the other ornaments intended for the ceremony. The clergy received these ornaments at the entrance, enveloped them in clouds of incense, consecrated them, and then bore them to the place where they were to be employed.

At length the principal procession issued forth from the palace, and was hailed with the most enthusiastic acclamations. The Queen, in a brilliant dress, sat under a magnificent canopy, borne by twenty generals, whilst twenty others of superior rank held the bands. Charlotte was not bareheaded as it has been traditionally but wore the State Tiara of Southwark, and had on either side her family, whose respectful bearing showed to still greater advantage the air of majesty that pervaded her whole person. Under the canopy also appeared the other minor members of the Ducal family of Southwark.

The religious service then commenced when all had entered and settled within the cathedral, at the conclusion of which the Archbishop of Southwark ordered the vestments and ornaments to be brought, and having, with the help of her ladies in waiting, clothed the Queen with the Royal Mantle, she remained standing, and bowed her head before the Archbishop. The latter touched it with the cross, placed his hand upon it, and uttered a prayer, to which the choir responded.

The Archbishop then ordered the crown to be brought to him, and on receiving it he then placed it upon her head, and the Archbishop blessed it, after which he addressed the Queen in a form that has remained unchanged at all of the coronations of the Free Union. The Queen’s right hand was then placed upon the sceptre, and her left on the globe, and having been blessed, the service continued. These emblems of power having been thus committed to her, the Queen sat upon the State Throne. Prince Louis de Brissac, Duke of Southwark, comte de Harcourt instantly knelt down before her. Then the Queen, taking the crown from her head, held it upon the brow of her husband, and afterwards replaced it upon her own. The crown intended for the consort of the Queen was then brought. Louis de Brissac was next arrayed with the mantle and the collar of St. George.

Such were the chief points of the ceremony observed at the Coronation of Charlotte.

 

[Papal States]

Secretary of the Holy Office

Stephanus IV, primus inter pares and head of the Papal States, sends his congratulations and blessing to Her Majesty the Queen. May her reign be long and maintain peace and prosperity in the Free Union.

As token of our respect, we shall order to add a Te deum to all Tuesday services in the churches of Dominici, including the papal basilica of St.-Peter and Paul.

 

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THE FREE GUARDIAN​

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THE GREAT ROYAL SPECTACLE

The idol-worship of the old pagan world has been revived at Woolwich, the occasion being the Coronation of Queen Charlotte.

Charlotte has been crowned, with ceremonies which must impress her with an idea of her being something superior to the ordinary clay of which humanity is composed. Into a church of great dimensions the glittering Queen and her decorated party withdrew from the sight of dazzled and bewildered gazers, to undergo the necessary pomps of the occasion. Few were the persons privileged to witness this, the main part of the spectacle; but that ubiquitous person, “our own correspondent” was among the number; and all the details have duly found their way to our offices. But in this secluded ceremony, in this secret heart of the mystery of royal divinity, there was a pervading air of dullness, a gloomy grandeur, which more than anything that could be said, exposes the hollowness and utter worthlessness of an earthly crown, when there is not sufficient head and heart in the crown to fill it.

The mysteries of the coronation were carefully kept from public observation, and wisely, for if the common people were to see them they might come to regard them with contempt. It is necessary for the authority of the Queen of the Free Union, that the seventy millions of her subjects should believe their master to be hedged round with a divinity which they should approach only on bended knee, and with eyes cast down to the dirt. It is a great secret let out, to tell the people of the Free Union that their Queen kisses her husband - that, in a word, she is only a woman like themselves. This may prove fatal to the worship which the despotism of the Free Union would encourage.

The Queen and her train goes into the church, and the doors are closed between them and the people. Nothing is known of what takes place within. The tidings go forth of a high religious ceremonial, of crowning and anointing, of holy statues reverentially kissed, and thoughts are directed to miracles which sometimes attend those salutations, and to which an occasion like this is not likely to form and exception; and when the crowned and anointed woman comes forth, it is with an air of superior sanctity surrounding her. We here receive a light whereby the cause may be ascertained of that devotion which is said to be paid by the people of the Free Union to their Sovereigns. There is no love felt. The sentiment is one of awe. The people fear the Queen. So it is that, in their anger, they are willed to strangle her.

One of the reporters, describing the pomp and circumstance of the Queen’s departure from the church, says: “The countenance of Her Majesty was most solemn; she bowed repeatedly, but never smiled, and the cheers seemed to die away from want of royal sympathy.” Here is the truth. There is no sympathy between Queen and people. They have no feelings in common. The one is led to believe that she is an earthly deity, and the rest appear to enter into the delusion and flatter it - until they change their mind.

How different from all this are the characteristics of a coronation within Borussia or Saamiskavia. There there is no hero-worship. Their coronations are religious ceremonies; but the chief actor in them is never raised from the level of the earth their subjects tread, unless it be in humble devotion and earnest prayer to Heaven.

The Queen’s spectacle may have been grander than anything ever witnessed on a similar occasion on the continent; but they can spare the grandeur, in consideration of the virtues which its absence encourages. Sovereigns of the Free Union give shows in lieu of liberties; it is their policy to dazzle eyes and avoid enlightenment of minds; to bring out hosts of soldiers to amuse the people; and at the same time assure them of the danger and hopelessness of resistance.

 

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THE QUEEN'S CABINET
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE FORMS NEW MINISTRY FOR THE FREE UNION

The following is a list of the appointments which have been made in the Cabinet :-

Home Secretary, and First Lord - Charles Foster, Earl of Onslow (with a peerage)
Treasurer, and Second Lord - Thomas Grey, Earl Grey (with a peerage)
Northern Secretary, and Third Lord - Mr. A. Pelham-Holles
Southern Secretary - Mr. E. Peel
Justice Secretary - Edward Russel, 3rd Earl Russel
War Secretary - Field Marshal Arthur Batten-Lyon, 12th Duke of Rothermere
First Lord of Admiralty - Admiral of the Fleet Henry Cunningham, 13th Duke of Keswick
Public Works Secretary - Mr. R. Halsbury
President of the Board of Public Enlightenment - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Southwark
President of the Board of Public Education - Mr. D. Gower
President of the Board of Public Health - Mr. E. Wilborne
President of the Board of Public Welfare - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Southwark
President of the Board of Trade - Lord W. Hamilton (with a peerage)
Secretary for Burgesia - William Manners, Marquis of Iddesleigh​

At an early hour of Sunday morning Charles Foster, Earl of Onslow, and Thomas Grey, Earl Grey, were summoned to attend Her Majesty, and it was generally believed prior to Sunday that these statesmen would take part in the formation of the Queen’s Administration. It was, however, desired that the communications at this stage of the negotiation should be made in the presence of the Privy Council; and, in the course of Sunday, a protracted interview between these eminent persons took place within the State rooms of the Royal Palace at Woolwich.

With personal or party interests there would be nothing to do, but the Queen expressed no more than the universal conviction of those who are most anxious for the peace, the welfare, and the security of the Free Union and Europe. When the Queen affirmed that an arrangement which should place in conjunction with a portion of the late cabinet and with the Free National Party those eminent men who most certainly represent the opinions and the policy of the Queen, affords the only reasonable prospect of a strong, efficient, and progressive Administration. A mere attempt to bring to office members of the official opposition would stamp the whole of this singular transaction with the character of a despicable intrigue. The country requires an improved Administration. The country asks for men capable of giving effect to the principles which Queen Charlotte has professed.

 

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Office of the Premier​

On behalf of Her Majesty's Burgesian subjects I wish to extend our congratulations to Queen Charlotte on having finally acceeded to the throne.

However I must also, regretably, formally express the surprise and frustration of the Burgesian Government and people that no mention of the Free Territory was made during the coronation or press coverage of it in the mother-country.

We are deeply concerned by the way in which Burgesia has been ignored or at best forgotten about and consider this a snub by the Royal Government of its loyal colonial subjects.



C.B. Clifford
Premier of the Free Territory of Burgesia

 

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THE QUEEN'S ADDRESS

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QUEEN CHARLOTTE ADDRESSES THE FREE UNION, THE FREE TERRITORY OF BURGESIA

The Free Union of Engellex & Blois, and the Free Territory of Burgesia, the other territories of the Free Union, received the first address of Queen Charlotte.

[...] The time which has elapsed since the Late Queen Georgiana assumed the direct governance of the Duchy of Lennox & Devonshire makes it desirable that the operation of the Statutes by which that change was effected should be carefully investigated. This important matter will receive my earnest attention. The protracted debate respecting the responsibility of public health and welfare within the fair City of Sutherland within the Duchy of Lennox & Devonshire will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion by a Special Bill, which will be laid before the House of Lords, and before the Legislature of Lennox & Devonshire.

I regret to say that no foreseeable material improvement can be noted in the condition of trade and industry within the City of Sutherland. I feel the deepest sympathy for the great number of persons, in many vocations of life, who are suffering under a pressure, which I trust, with my constant effort, to prove to be transient. I have seen with deep sorrow the renewal, since the Late Queen Georgiana, of the attempt by foreign revolutionaries to excite the people of the Duchy of Lennox & Devonshire to hostility against the Executive of Lennox & Devonshire, and between that Duchy and the Free Union. I am resolutely opposed to any disturbance of that fundamental law, and in resisting it I am convinced that I shall be heartily supported by my Administration, my People, and with hope, our Neighbours.

The relations of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois with our neighbours and global powers continue to be of a friendly character. The difference which existed before my coronation between the Cabinet and that of the Republic of Tyskreich, on the subject of the League of Free States, has been satisfactorily concluded. In pursuance of a Convention which will be laid before you, my Commissioners, with the full support of the Empire of Oikawa and the Empire of Greater Sarmatia, have been in agreement to begin in engagement of the Eastern Powers to the Free Union’s association with the League of Free States. I trust that their efforts will afford us a greater relationship with the League of Free States, and that it may tend to secure the continuance of peace within Europe. [...]

[...] Continuous demonstrations within the Free Territory of Burgesia has given expression to the desire of the inhabitants for a conference on the political arrangements under which they were placed by the Treaty of Peterloo. My object, in the negotiations which are to follow, has been to bring them, according to their wish, further devolved provisions to better able the stable and progressive governance of the Free Territory of Burgesia, while maintaining unimpaired the essential Imperial Relationship between the Free Union of Engellex & Blois and the Free Territory of Burgesia. [...]

I earnestly commend you, My Lords and My Subjects, to the keeping and guidance of the Almighty God.

STREET ASSAULT ON LADY HARCOURT​

The newspapers of Woolwich report that an assault has been committed in the Knightsbridge District of Woolwich on the Lady Harcourt, one of the daughters of His Grace the Duke of Grafton-Ormonde.

It was said that a madman had laid his hand roughly on the shoulder of the younger daughter as she was walking with her sisters. The facts appear to be more serious than was reported. The madman clutched the Lady Harcourt tightly by the throat, and was with difficulty beaten off by the Lady Harcourt herself, by her sisters, and the ladies in waiting. Three policemen arrived on the scene, after the man had relaxed his hold, and he was then overpowered.

His Grace the Duke of Grafton-Ormonde has presented one of the policemen with a silver pocket watch, and the others with five hundred pounds each.

THE IRON, COAL AND STEEL INDUSTRY

WOOLWICH, OCTOBER 5 - As the result of a deputation representing the Executive of the Miners’ Federation of the Free Union and districts not represented on the Executive with the Coal Controller yesterday, further efforts are to be made to bring about an increased coal output. The Controller urged that committees should be set up in the various coalfields to inquire into the reasons - such as labour shortages and defective management - affecting the question of output.

 

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The State Officer in Životinje
to the
Appointed State Officer to Engellex & Blois​

Dispatch No. 4
SJADNBRDO, October 5, 2010
Cleared for Public Dissemination:
Holding a sensitive finger to the very pulse of our Blue Union, I cannot help but recognize the titillation garnered by the Crowned Queen Charlotte of Engellex & Blois; extraordinary anticipation follows Her Royal Highness like I have never seen from denizens of this less then orthodox Midland Republic. Something extraordinary indeed resonates with our country folk as it has with inhabitants of the Free Union, and the Free Territories of Burgesia.

Shifting to the intuitive perceptions of the Motherland Office, we as strict adherents to the doctrine of Democratic Unionism, in a blue light, should insistently assert our skepticism of the bloodline tradition persisting still in many a nations torchbearers. Though it brings us heartfelt optimism, that as recently recollected in 'Head of State - FUEB Dossier, Queen Charlotte', as a member of the House of Lords, Her Highness was known to champion citizens, as it were, vociferously. If we are to regard her address as it was intended to be received, there may be reason to believe Queen Charlotte has the necessary mental capacity to look round falsehoods and sensationalized half-truths devised by the West to isolate Životinje. Further to reality, our Sister Countries of the Sarmatias seem to be of the utmost interest, and perhaps prerogative to collaborate in the League of Free States, if not in some unique fashion.

Built around the cornerstones of honesty, as all of our institutions are, cynicism obligates this Office in Sjadnbrdo to advise our Officer in Woolwich that we, of little significance in such a faraway court, would not urge alignment or commitment to deeply coiled alliances. Who are we, of course, to posit such a recommendation to a completely unfamiliar country, with words that directly conflict our Sisters in Sarmatia? Whether or not this telegram reaches public circulation, the Homeland Office instructs the State Officer to Engellex & Blois a cautious averring of our not so humble opinion of Global Alliances, and in that we are steadfast in our conviction. Clearly it would please crowds of people, here in the homeland, to see an enthusiastic commencement of foreign relations with the country in question, with a profound respect given to favor with the Queen. Given our unnoticed status in the International Community, it would in fact do the people a world of good to feel recognized and regarded, in some confound way, with the sovereign and sovereign state your Office has been charged with.

Freedom First,
Vestitor a Doctrinei,
Marjan Pantoš

 

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Her Majesty's Secretary of State of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois​

I have now the honour to acknowledge, in an official form, by command of Her Majesty the Queen Charlotte the receipt of your address to Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s Administration.

Your friendly letter has reached me and I have pursued its contents. In reply, I beg to inform you that, as the orders which Her Majesty the Queen issued with respect to foreign policy and the fostering of good will with the Orient, have finally been constituted as policy with endorsement of Their Lordships of the House of Lords.

Circumstances that persist within Preuti-Borussia (Gallia-Germania) have also brought me a good deal into communication with the Ministers of Her Majesty’s Administration, and the natural result of such intercourse must be to promptly engage if to produce a feeling through our representatives towards the Zivotinje power of a character essentially kind and hopeful. I am encouraged therefore to suppose at first that we should receive a formal representation from the State Officer in Zivotinje on the subject of regard to our interest in fostering good will and strengthened relations.

I am also commanded by Her Majesty the Queen to extend her appreciation and you will consider Her Majesty as ever anxious to hear of the good health of Zivotinje and its respected people.

Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Anthony Pelham-Holles​

 

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A ROYAL VISITATION

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QUEEN CHARLOTTE VISITS THE DUCHY OF LENNOX AND DEVONSHIRE

The First Visit of the Crown to the Duchy of Lennox and Devonshire in Hundreds of Years, and the First Visit in Centuries for the City of Sutherland.

Our young Queen Charlotte of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois has commenced the journey which is ultimately to lead her to Sutherland, to Bradford, and perchance to other cities of the Northern Free Union upon the fair soil of the Duchy of Lennox and Devonshire. This Royal visitation has long been talked of as an event which is to heal all the wounds of the Duchy of Lennox and Devonshire, and to reconcile the people of all classes to the maternal sway of the Woolwich sceptre. For months past, the Free Union press has laboured hard to persuade the people of Lennox and Devonshire, and convince the world, that a good time was coming for the people of the Northern Duchy - that the heart of the young Queen was moved with the utmost tenderness towards them - that the sterness of the rule under which they had so greatly suffered great international embarressment was on the point of being utterly abolished; and that the object of the Queen’s contemplated visit was to heap upon them such blessings as should ensure them a millenium of happiness.

Time will shortly show how far these magnificent promises are likely to be realized.

Meanwhile, if the act preliminary to the Royal visit is to be regarded as an index of the measures which are to follow it, it will not be wise for the people to pitch their hopes to high. We all remember with what a flourish of tumpets it was lately announced by the Queen's Address as Woolwich, that the Queen, in the beneficence and liberality of her views towards her northern subjects, had decreed the restoration of the ‘moral sovereignty,’ thereby conferring upon them the responsibility and the power to assert their self-determination in public health and welfare once again. This was, undoubtedly, great news; and for the moment inspired the belief that the ‘bad time’ so often spoken of had at last really come to an end.

Upon a closer inspection, however, there appears to be but too much reason to apprehend that this promise, which sounds so fairly to the ear, will prove in practice to be but a mere mockery and delusion. We have lately received from the pen of one thoroughly versed in the recent history of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois, such a full and simple account of the real nature and character of this much-vaunted moral sovereignty, as forces us to believe that they possess within itself nothing whatever of the needed independence of responsibility and self-determination the Duchy of Lennox and Devonshire requires to oversee its public health and welfare; and that, it constitutes, in fact, under a seemingly liberal form and name, only another piece of ingeniously-constructed machinery for executing the unfettered will of the Woolwich Crown.

THE FREE UNION HARVEST​

The richest crops in all Preuti-Borussia.

Here, in the Free Union, the harvest has been seen to be perfection. Quality soil and intensive farming has produced the richest crops in Preuti-Borussia (Gallia-Germania). The Duchy of Rothermere division alone, it is estimated, has provided this year something like 350,000 additional tons of food. It is true that the farmers attending the busy markets these months spoke of blight in the potato fields; but, on the whole, everyone is more than pleased with the prospects, and there is an air of prosperity in the market towns which resemble that in the industrial cities.
“You are going through the most production district in all Engellex,” a farmer in the carriage as the train from Woolwich for Twickenham journeyed through the Duchy of Rothermere and passed by field after field of golden corn, majority of it cut and some little more being gathered. Beyond the corn were acres of flax, the cultivation of which promises to become a new and profitable industry. Boys of the Royal Free Association of Scouts were pulling the last of the flax, and women were at work in most of the harvest fields.

“It is wonderful what the women have done,” was the enthusiastic comment I heard on all sides. There is one problem, however, which either Her Majesty’s Administration of the regional Executives must solve without delay. The accommodation for these workers is greatly insufficient. Workers on the land require hostels or good housing, with careful supervision, just as much as those who are employed in other sectors of industry throughout the Free Union. Bathroom fixtures are especially needed, and there are practically none they tell me that are available for them.

In so prosperous a district it is not surprising to find the farmers eager to do still greater things. Mr. H. P. Smith, Chairman of the Engellex Agricultural Committee for the Rotheremere Division, sees no reason why we cannot grow all the food we require in this country. “I am absolutely sure,” He said, “this aim could be achieved, and farming made the premier industry in the country, as it deserves to be, if it is only properly recognised and represented by statesmen in Woolwich.

Details of the years harvest include fifty-one million tons of cereals; thirty-four million tons of wheat; further details can be found on Page 5.

COMMERCIAL AND PRODUCE MARKETS

COTTON - HAMMERSMITH, OCT. 10. - The market closed with heavy buying, and prices of Preuti-Borussian are 2£ per lb. Higher, and in some cases even 2-7£ more than last week. The sales are 21,030 bales; 8,400 for export and 5,500 on speculation, including 500 Talemantine at 3£ to 5£; 900 Hajr, at 5£ to 7£; 1,400 Jizhou at 3£ to 4£; and 700 Virginia-Hesse, at 10£ to 12£ per lb. Imports for the month, 340,000 bales.

COTTON GOODS - HACKBRIDGE, OCT. 10. - There has been a fair amount of business in cloth, but the unwillingness of sellers to part with their goods without an advance that will cover the increased price of yarns in some instances checks trade and the sales have not been large. In yarns there has been more done, the demand being rather active, and prices a little dearer. The Wiesers have been amongst the most active buyers.

WOOL - BEDFORD, OCT. 10. - The piece trade is animated, and a good, we may almost say brisk, business has been transacted in the warehouses. Yarns are restricted, owing to the high prices of combing wool, which are very firmly demanded. Short wools are dull.

TEA - HAMMERSMITH, OCT. 10. - A limited business has been done out of recent imports. Common Vangalan quoted 10£ to 11£ per lb.

 

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A ROYAL VISITATION

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QUEEN CHARLOTTE ARRIVES AT SUTHERLAND

The First Visit of Queen Charlotte to the City of Sutherland.

The Queen of the Free Union arrived on the 11th at Sutherland. The windows were hung with carpets of various colours identifiable to the patriotism of the Free Union, the buildings adorned with flags, and the streets lined with the uniforms of Her Engellexic Majesty’s Royal Constabulary and the 2nd Duke’s Own Guard, both of which were very magnificent. Our correspondent took up a position on a bridge across the square in front of the Ducal Residence, having a view of the whole expanse of the square in front overed with tens of thousands. There were many Dutch; and the Germanic dialect of the north showed the true extent in which the Germanic heritage of the Free Union exists.

As 12 o’clock approached the magnificence of the scene defied description. There were hundreds of the Royal Constabulary Mounted Officers, with their ornate and ceremonial uniform. The Queen landed from her splendid State Coach on black and gold carpet, which was laid from the landing-place, through the square, to the Ducal Residence. This carpet had on each side a line of soldiers at about a yard distance to let the intervals be filled with children and women.
No huzzaing, no cheering, except from the children and the paid claqueurs; not the slightest enthusiasm. But what with the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells the young Queen looked happy and pleased. The Prince-Consort, however, from his thoughtful look, seemed to have some idea that the bells and carpets did not express the feeling of the nation. It was a decided failure, and it is accepted that the people assembled did not exceed the 200,000 hoped.

The Royal party from the landing-place walked to the Ducal Residence, which was highly ornamented. The Queen had a good expression of countenance, rather pretty, and has the appearance of continuing the race of Sovereigns. Queen Charlotte is a humoured, good-tempered young lady, and surely cannot know of the many atrocities that are committed within the North. The Queen came to the window of the Ducal Residence. About thirty little children began to cheer, and this brought a crowd, but while it was heard not mans voice was within it. In short, it must have been clear to every impartial spectator that the reception of the Queen by the people of Sutherland was as cool as it possibly could be.

 

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THE BUDGET

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THE TREASURY PRESENTS THE BUDGET DRAFT

The Treasurer, and Second Lord - Thomas Grey, Earl Grey arrived at the Royal Palace at Woolwich to present a draft of the Budget to Queen Charlotte in the morning of Oct. 20.

A statement from Her Majesty’s Treasury announces that the Budget has been presented in brief to Her Engellexic Majesty, Queen Charlotte, at the Royal Palace at Woolwich. The receipts are estimated at 205 billions Pounds, and the expenditure at 185 billions pounds. According to the statement delivered this morning, very great changes are about to be made in the administration of the Free Union. The whole system of Her Engellexic Majesty’s Free Armed Forces is to be reorganised - the administration of public welfare, the arrangements to policing and justice, the collection and distribution of taxes, and examination of education and public schools, are all to be carefully reviewed within the Budget.

These projects appear to form a wide system of constitutional reorganisation, and, so far as the character of Her Engellexic Majesty is known, the plan is quite consistent with Queen Charlotte’s intentions. To cover the expense of such reformations it is proposed to impose an augmentation of application to income tax to Their Lords and Ladies of the Lower House of Lords, at a 25 percentage. An unsigned despatch from the Treasury explains that the state of the finances of the Free Union, if compared with that that of other countries and neighbours, may be considered highly favourable, and adds:- “An increase in the application of ordinary income, without an augmentation of the taxes, may be soon expected.”

We learn that on the 18th of Oct., by Decree of Her Engellexic Majesty, with the approaching presentation of the Budget from the Treasurer, and in conformity with the views of the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Arthur Batten-Lyon, 12th Duke of Rothermere, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral of the Fleet Henry Cunningham, 13th Duke of Keswick, a commission, composed of the highest Generals in the Service, will meet to consider the options of effecting reformation of organisation, recruitment and procurement, as well as furthering an increase of the Military Budget. The Chief Secretary of the Ministry and the Minister for War will take part in the discussions. Field Marshal Arthur Batten-Lyon, 12th Duke of Rothermere, is to preside over the commission.

HER ENGELLEXIC MAJESTY'S COURT

The QUEEN conferred the honour of the Dukedom of Montrose upon the Earl of Belmondesay, the brother of Her Engellexic Majesty. On the same day His Grace the 1st Duke of Montrose entered the House of Lords for the first time before proceeding to an audience with the Privy Council of the Free Union of Engellex & Blois. - OCT. 20.

 

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THE DUELS

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THE TWO DUELS AT NONSUCH - WHITGIFT

Two duels took place between Colonel Sir Walter Illingworth and two Batavian gentlemen. They occured on the morning and evening of 24th Dec. at Nonsuch and Whitgift.

Her Majesty’s Servicemen in general are very pacific; but the most awkward customer the Belvedere at Beckingham Court Hotel ever came across was our fellow-countryman the gallant Colonel Sir Walter Illingworth, of the Guards Foot Artillery, who was ready for them with anything: sword, pistols, sabre, or fists - he was good at all; and, though never seeking a quarrel, he would not put up with the slightest insult.

He killed two Batavian fellows in Woolwich, in quarrels forced upon him.

“I remember, the week last, being asked by a dear friend to dine at Rouac, in the Belvedere, when Sir Walter Illingworth, who was well known to us, occupied a table at the farther end of the room. About the middle of the dinner we heard a most extraordinary noise, and, on looking up, perceived that it arose from Illingworth’s table; he was engaged in beating the head of a smartly dressed gentleman with one of the long Belmontien loaves.”

Upon asking the reason of such rough treatment on the part of the Batavian, he said he would serve all Batavians in the same manner if they insulted him. The offence, it seems, proceeded from the person who had been chastised in so summary a manner. He had stared and laughed at Illingworth in a rude way for having ordered five bottles of wine to be placed upon his table.

The upshot of all this was a duel, which took place the morning of the day next at a place near Nonsuch, and in which Illingworth shot the unfortunate jester.

When Sir Walter Illingworth returned to Whitgift the evening following, where he commands, he found on his arrival a Batavian fellow waiting to avenge the death of his relative, who had only been shot that very morning before at Nonsuch. They accordingly fought before Illingworth had time even to dress appropriately for his evening engagements and dinner, he having only just arrived at Whitgift from the Great Southern line via Oxshott. The meeting took place in the courtyard of the Royal Artillery Barracks at Whitgift, and the first shot from Illingworth’s pistol killed the Batavian, who had actually travelled in the diligence from Nonsuch for the purpose, as he boasted to his fellow travellers, of killing an Engellexian.

CHRISTMAS FARE FOR FIVE THOUSAND

William Dickens has said “sweet are the uses of adversity.” We will venture to say that this was literally the case on the Eve of Christmas Eve throughout the cotton districts, when plum-pudding was freely distributed to thousands of meritorious artisans. No more animated scene was witnessed throughout the Duchy of Salisbury that in the Larkrise district, Clapham Court, Woolwich. Five thousand plum-puddings, warranted according to sample, were distributed in the school room, Queen Georgiana Street. Some of the committee felt in duty bound to sit in judgement upon a specimen pudding, and proved their estimate of its excellence by tasting it till there was none to taste. It was delightful to witness the hearty goodwill with which Catholics, Reformers, Dissenters, and Methodists united in distributing the Christmas fare.

CHRISTMAS AT COURT

CHRISTMAS AT COURT follows a very unvarying routine. For many decades past it has been the custom for the Sovereign to spend Christmas season at the Royal Palace at Woolwich, surrounded by an exclusively family party, and this year sees the usual gathering in the centre of Woolwich. Of late, since this is the first Christmas of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte, a large grouping of the aristocracy have joined, the season to be much more lively at the Royal Palace that the years before. The Queen is delighted to be with their company in their amusements.

Even now, when the shadow of national crisis and social unrest hangs over the senior members of the Royal circle, Christmas is made as bright as possible for the benefit of the young folk.

Her Majesty has a keen memory for the kind of present which everybody likes, from her nearest relations to the humblest member of the Royal Household, and for weeks past Her Majesty and the Duchess of Montrose have been planning and arranging gifts. Plenty of presents, including numerous plum-puddings, have gone abroad to foreign branches of the Royal House, in particular great effort was placed selecting gifts for the Royal Family of Arendaal, and the Imperial Families of the Oikawan Empire and the Empire of Greater Sarmatia.

Then there are the Queen’s charities of various descriptions - notably the Christmas Tree Foundation for the public boarding schools. The Woolwich and Southwark poor have a large share of the Queen’s bounty - beef, coals and textiles going to the needy in Woolwich and Southwark. In the Royal circle itself several old Engellexcian customs are kept up, for the Queen’s Christmas dinner is never without the traditional boar’s head, baron of beef and game pie. The beef is always cut from some prime animal raised on one of the Royal farms, and it is roasted at the Royal Palace at Woolwich.

Probably the merriest Christmas within the Free Union of Engellex and Blois. Christmas is a great time in the green and pleasant land, and the Royal Palace at Woolwich is ablaze with candles lighting Christmas trees and tables for everybody, from the Queen to the cooks.

 

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While the practice of dueling may be commonplace and accepted in the Free Union it is not in Batavia. All men involved in this episode would be considered murderers in our country. While we do not wish to impose our domestic law onto our good neighbours, we must request the co-operation of our police and investigative authorities in the Free Union for the assistance of investigating fully this so-called duel. We hope that the bodies of these Batavian citizens are sent back to the Batavian Republic at the earliest convenience. We also request that members of the National Police are permitted to travel to the FU in order to obtain some information from the killers of the Batavian citizens.

We thank our neighbours for their assistance.

 

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Her Majesty's Secretary of State of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois​

Recognition of our cultural differences is greatly appreciated by Her Majesty, and, to be extended by Her Majesty’s Cabinet is the assurance that the Government of Batavia can expect a thorough investigation into the extraordinary circumstance that occurred.

Despite the continuation of legal recognition of duelling, the practice is not without strict legal procedure that participants must observe. Due to the status of duelling in the culture of the Free Union of Engellex and Blois, and, the unique position it holds within the law of this land, thorough investigations do take place to determine the legitimacy of the event and ascertain the absolute truth.

The national Constabulary of Batavia is encouraged to travel to the Free Union, should an independent criminal investigation be launched within the republic. The full cooperation of Her Majesty’s Constables can be expected, and, the bodies of the deceased Batavian Citizens will, of course, be returned upon arrangement at the earliest convenience.

Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Anthony Pelham-Holles​